Resurfacing project prompts public outcry

7:06 PM,
Oct. 8, 2013

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Residents living in a subdivision just east of downtown are upset about a recently-completed road project, and their outrage is prompting elected city leaders to revisit how the city examines its annual paving program.

At least a dozen residents from the Bright Waters subdivision attended the Pataskala City Council's Monday meeting to decry the new surface that appeared on their streets less than a month ago.

One resident, Fran Minix, said the new road surface on Shawnee Loop, on which she lives, is unsightly and causes water to puddle, something the previous surface did not do. ...